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Park Slope Playground

Park Slope Playground from directly overhead

Park Slope Playground is a park in New York, at a modelled elevation of 17 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the north-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Lincoln-Berkeley Community Garden, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away. Bronx River Parkway passes 12 miles off. 56 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates40.67693, -73.97856

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens
Parks
Museums
Artworks
Attractions
Beaches
Nature reserves
Peaks: 56
Picnic sites: 40
Cliffs: 14
  • Palisades: 5.7 mi
  • Palisades: 6.8 mi
  • Palisades: 9.2 mi
  • Coogan's Bluff: 11.0 mi
  • Palisades: 15.0 mi
Waterfalls: 11
  • Ambergill Falls: 1.0 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 1.1 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 1.2 mi
  • The Loch: 8.2 mi
  • The Falls: 16.3 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 17.3 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Park Slope Playground. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainNNW 331°268 m23.3 mi
Beech MountainNNW 329°260 m24.3 mi
Mount CecchinoNNW 330°230 m23.0 mi
Poacher PeakNNW 328°185 m24.6 mi
Moon HillNNW 328°180 m24.3 mi
Stony HillNW 304°179 m16.7 mi
Mayapple HillWNW 292°175 m17.5 mi
Packanack MountainNW 322°144 m22.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3219:08
June solstice05:2619:5020:31
September equinox06:4418:1918:55
December solstice07:1715:4916:32

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343643536272787670584839
Precip in3.53.04.43.84.04.44.83.93.94.03.24.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NY AVE V Brooklyn, 6 mi away.

  • American Robin2,036 obs
  • Pond Slider1,626 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel1,437 obs
  • Northern Cardinal1,360 obs
  • House Sparrow1,346 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly1,305 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk1,296 obs
  • Mallard1,206 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/227086287

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